Thu Sep 11 16:18:48 2014
Swedish Museum of Natural History
BIO is a unit within the Research Department at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, led by Professor Fredrik Ronquist and organized in three groups:
| Karin Karlsson | Markus Englund | Kevin Holsten | Stefan Daume |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team Leader | Domain Specialist | Domain Specialist | Systems Architect |
| Ida Li | Ingimar Erlingsson | Markus Skyttner |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Developer | Developer |
The DINA project (DINA from DIgital NAtural history collections) is an international effort to develop a common collection management system to be used at a national scale, replacing independent databases and helping to make dataset broadly accessible for research and public use.
The DINA project applies an international perspective towards achieving this goal, which has been apparent since its initial efforts to improve the Specify 6 data model in the context of biodiversity informatics community standards and technological advances.
We are using an open source oriented development methodology, cooperating internationally in a decentralized fashion, aiming to:
Through open discussions of DINA objectives and activities, the project has benefited from a broad diversity of perspectives and technical contributions beyond its resource limitations.
Technical development of DINA system components is the cohesive theme underlying open-source software development among members of the DINA consortium.
This network of developer groups, focused on data and workflows at natural history collections, recognizes the potential for presenting a de-facto standard for collection management systems beyond the needs of user groups within the respective partner organisations.
While each DINA partner will have to focus on the institutional users they are serving, the system design should reflect this ambition.
Specifically, the architectural approach should accommodate future user demands as best as possible.
It should aim at providing a common collaborative framework that invites contributions from new partners which may become full or associated members of the DINA consortium.
In Sweden the following national institutions are involved
New partners are welcome to join the collaboration!
Data flows directly from the DINA system to GBIF via the Swedish GBIF node.
Online currently:
Work in progress:
OAuth v 2 support?
The following slides provide more details on specific modules mentioned earlier
On hold! - waiting for stable release that can address user needs
There is a great deal of flexibility in developing DINA modules and API:s of interest to EU-BON partners and other collaborators…
Possible activities may include development of a literature module (possibly based on Bibliography of Life, PenSoft?), functionality to support mass digitization, data mobilization, etc.
A DINA - Specify technical workshop under the auspices of EU BON be held in the autumn
Another workshop is planned for end users (Milestone 3), tentatively in January 2016.